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GonnaGeek.com Podcast #066 – There Will Be An Iron Man 4… maybe?

This week we discuss how Robert Downey Jr Confirmed there will be an Iron Man 4… kind of. Then we discuss Facebook back tracking on their name policy and how Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo glides through test run. In Stephen’s Geek Stuff he discusses Autosync for Drive by MetaCtrl and finally we discuss the Better Call…

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So You’re Afraid of Facebook Messenger Privacy? Look at these other app permissions…

Facebook has come under some intense scrutiny this past week with their drive to move their messaging component out of the main Facebook app. While I’m a firm believer that users should know what they’re getting into when they install apps, for many geeks such as myself it’s been clear all along that this recent…

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Final Episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars Due in 2014

I was a casual fan of Star War: The Clone Wars.  By that, I mean I tuned in from time to time and watched the hyped up episodes.  What I did watch I really enjoyed, and I was looking forward to seeing how the showrunners would wrap up the show.  That’s why the fanboy in…

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Bachman’s Best – SDCC 2013

The San Diego Comic Con International, or SDCC 2013, known to some as The San Diego Comic Con, and to others as simply, THE Con. Each year it has grown and grown to become a media juggernaut with epic TV and movie announcements from all the big studios, tons of exclusives, and the greatest geek…

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Facebook admits contact details leaked for 6 million users…

Over the weekend Facebook alerted its users that a security flaw may have accidentally exposed the email and phone number for many users. Don’t worry though, it was only 6 million users. Facebook advised that the bug was part of the “Download Your Information” feature where users can download the archive of their Facebook account….

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Google+ is almost better than Facebook

Over the weekend a long time friend of mine made an announcement that he was going to be less active on Facebook instead spending more time on Google+. While I quite enjoyed Google+ when it launched I found the mobile app to be barely useable and the desktop version to be hit and miss –…

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Why the Facebook Apps Irritate Me…

As you may know I now regularly use both iOS and Android and one thing that irritates me is no matter how big the company is their apps always seem to offer different experiences – even Facebook. What really bugs me is that Facebook itself operates so differently between Android vs iOS that the actual…

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Facebook Messenger VoIP, eh?

As a Canadian citizen I often find as new products are rolled out in other countries, I’m left waiting months for them to get to Canada. Any Canadian citizen will tell you that often the Canadian equivalent of popular US-based services leave a lot to be desired (Amazon & Netflix to name a couple). I…

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iOS Must Have Apps

During the holiday season I’m sure that Apple iOS products are going to be popular gifts.  These devices are pretty cool on their own, but to really unlock their potential there are some apps that are incredibly useful to have.  Since I’ve been using my iOS devices for a few years, I thought I’d take…

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